Cutting funding for research and development can be considered stealing from kids. Not the current generation but the next one. I'm from Europe and the current

Cutting funding for research and development can be considered stealing from kids. Not the current generation but the next one. I'm from Europe and the current US politics discourages me from buying US products. I guess this will push a new Europe first movement on this side of the globe. Not the scenario I wished for because I quite liked the more open system.